Background
Kern, John Worth was born on December 20, 1849 in Alto, Indiana, United States. Son of Doctor Jacob H. and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Kern, John Worth was born on December 20, 1849 in Alto, Indiana, United States. Son of Doctor Jacob H. and Nancy (Ligget) Kern.
Preparatory education at Kokomo (Indiana) High School. Bachelor of Laws, University of Michigan, 1869.
Admitted to bar, 1869. Practiced at Kokomo, 1869-1885, Indianapolis, since 1885. Candidate for member Indiana House of Representatives, 1870.
City attorney, Kokomo, 6 terms, 1871-1884.
Reporter Supreme Court, 1885-1889, and edited public Volumes 100-116 Indiana Reports. Member Indiana Senate, 1893-1897.
Special assistant United States district attorney, 1893-1894. City solicitor, Indianapolis, 1897-1901.
Candidate for government, 1900, 1904.
Received vote of party for United States senator, 1905. Democratic nominee for Vice-President of the United States, 1908. United States senator, term 1911-1917.
Chairman Democratic conference and majority floor leader, United States Senate, 1914-1915.
Member Indiana Senate, 1893-1897.
Married Annie Hazzard, November 10, 1870 (died 1884). Married second, Araminta Cooper, December 23, 1885.
